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Think you know how long a second is? Give this a go.

For a lengthier (and infinitely less frustrating) challenge Auditorium is well worth half an hour of your time.

(both via kottke.org)

Spotted this on the BBC Website yesterday:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7850666.stm

And seemed to recall some conflicting advice from a few years ago, a brief search turned up this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3072021.stm

Browsing some of the related articles tells us:

Meat, Dairy and Multivitamins = Bad

Broccoli, Pomegranate Juice and Grape Seeds = Good

Exercise has turned up on both lists

I was thinking about things I’ve done that I generally forget I’ve done most of the time and though I’ve never really read any of those ‘100 Things to do before you Die’ type lists I imagine these are the sort of things that appear on them:

• Flown a helicopter
• Hugged a koala
• Eaten Sashimi
• Snorkelled the Great Barrier Reef
• Been to the White House
• Seen the Shrine of the Three Kings
• Written a String Quartet
• Stood on top of the World Trade Center
• Been to a Pogues gig
• Seen a whale in the wild
• Flown over the Grand Canyon
• Been to Uluru
• Driven a tank
• Stood on Table Mountain
• Sailed a yacht
• Been to Niagara Falls
• Taught myself to play guitar
• Had a holiday on a barge
• Seen Nelson Mandela’s cell on Robben Island

Things I wish were on my list:

• Being a published author
• Being able to do a backflip
• Seeing the Northern Lights
• Being fluent in Japanese
• Seeing a wild tiger
• Doing a skydive

Thing I doubt will ever be on my list:

• Leaving my wallet in El Segundo
• Watching C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate
• Being able to moonwalk

Quite a fun little game

Thx to Myers